Improved stirrup



@dotted tntt JOHNHBOVND, OF VERSAILLES, ILLINIS.

Letters Patent No. 83,450, dated October 27, 1868 IMPROVED STIRRUP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mang part of thename.

To all whom 'it 'ma/y concern Be it known that I, J o rrN BOND, ofVersailles, in the county of Brown, and'y State of Illinois, have-invented anew and useful Improvement in Stirrups; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a fu'll, clear, and exactdescriptionthereof, which Will enable those skilled in the art to' makeand use the same,

l reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

forming part of this'specificatin.

y The object of this invention is to provide an improved stirrup, withan oscillating bottom, that shall be more agreeable to the rider, andwhich will, in case .the rider is thrown from the horse, readily openand disengage his foot. It consists in providing a swinging footpieca soconnected to the pendent strap as to become disconnected, when, by anycause, theyl are spread outward suiiciently, and yfor which purpose theyare made sufficiently iiexible.l

In the drawings-L. Figures 1 and 3 represent front elevations of myimprovement, and

Figures 2 and 4 represent side views of the same.

4Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A

A represents the pendent forked ,portion of the stir- 'rup, which Visprovided with a foot-piece, B, having trunnons C C, which it into -holesin the lower ends of the prongs ofthe part A, which are made of elasticmaterial, but of a suiicient degree of ligidity to retain the foot-piecein position in the ordinary use of the stirrup, but which aresufiiciently elastic to spread in case he falls om the horse, and hisfeet become twisted in the stirrups.

vIn gs. l and 2, I have shown the foot-piece B, arranged so as to beunlimited in its oscillation, but in figs. 3 and 4, I have shownprojections on the inner sides Vof the lower ends of the prongs,inclined in each direction from the centre, and arranged to arrest themovement of the foot-piece in either direction.

The faces of the lugs may be made more or less oblique, .to suit thetaste of the rider.

The foot-piece may be made of any desired' forni, length, and proportionthat may be desired.

An oscillating foot-piece, arranged as above described, will accommodateitself to the foot under all the changes of position of the rider, dueto the undue. lating motion arising from the action of the horse. Y

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-l As a newarticle of manufacture, the riding-stiirup, consisting of the elasticpendent prongs, A, between which the oscillating footpiece B is pivotedin such 'a v manner as to fall out when the elasticprongs are spreadapart, as herein described,'for the purposer specified.

The above specication of my invention signed by me, this 9th day ofApril, 1868.

JOHN BOND. Witnesses:

J. F. WILLIAMS, E. D. HUNTER.

